The Traditional Locale Model: A Closed World
- Most prominent in Posix
- Large number or assumptions and restrictions:
- One locale per user
- One locale per application
- One locale per machine
- Locale addresses a fixed number of things
- Locale data is available locally
- Creating/installing a locale requires system priviledges and
expertize
- Some restrictions relaxed in part, but creates additional work for
implementers
- Restrictions can't be upheld in an internetworked world
